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@Dario19503 , congratulations... you are advanced in board visualization.. Calculation for you should be easier... I would like know more about you (not possible because internet barrier).
For example, why not someone advanced in board visualization dont reach 2300? I get confused when people who have ability better of me dont reach a high rating than me... I cant solve 'study mate' in 4 moves, for example, that tree variations scare me... I dont know how I can play chess if I cant calculation more than 3 moves...
Light on right. h1 is right. h1=8+1=9. Odd number is light. b4 f6 both even number, both dark.
well..I was advanced in that test too, but still it's taken 20+ years of chess play and study(mostly play) to get to 2021 in rapid here on lichess. And still that would correlate to fide 1800 only. You can have strong board visualization skills but that doesn't mean you use them, too much bullet or blitz, not studying chess seriously, playing for patterns only, not calculating things because of mental laziness , not learning from your losses, playing too much by intuiton and too little calculation. So just good board sight isn't enough, you have to know what moves are worth to be calculated in the first place, and for that a lot of strategic understanding(and skill) is needed, along with good tactical and endgame skill, and also having seen thousands of whole games in game collections that give you a blueprint for what a complete, well played game looks like.
I got zero in both tests and yet i would still win against everybody in this thread.
@moriaki8000 I'm not so sure, you are better than me at blitz but not necessarily 15+10 :) Btw, how is it possible that you are 2018 in blitz with 60 percent losses???
It's because i usually i try to play against players higher rated than me. Btw frankly i don't think you'd beat me at 15+10, I am better at that time control than blitz.
in long time controll I was able to win fritz 13 and draw rybka 2 (both as strong as a GM in some sense) and my blitz rating in that moment was worst than now. Chess, in case you have more and more time, can be played just using just logic: no previous knowlodge is needed if the postions was not too complex (Strategically speaking, because tactical positions, dont matter how sharp, can always be solved with brute-force calculation!).
Thanks for posting this test. It's helpful to know that I'm lacking in board visualization ability, but that it can be trained.
test 1 answer 3 is possible if bishop on f5 was a pawn.
